Gov. Inuwa Yahaya set up taskforce committee on health sector

Gombe  Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe state has setup a task-force committee to review the operational framework of human resource for the health sector and the disposition of health workforce across all the tiers of the health system in the state.

Inaugurating

the committee in his office on Monday, the governor explained that the taskforce are to suggest and implement immediate ways of bridging the gap in the health workforce of the state.

He said the terms of reference for the task force includes; conducting a rapid needs assessment both physical and operational of key health facilities especially the State Specialist Hospital and recommend improvements in the short, medium and long term basis.

While lamenting on what he called “dreadful condition, rots and decay of the health system governor Inuwa said the Prof. Usman Aliyu El-Nafaty led committee is to critically appraise the abandoned projects in the Specialist Hospital and see to its immediate completion using the best available option to the government so as to ensure that the facility meet the required standards of its establishment